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| Headlow |
Posted - 11/07/2010 : 21:09:36
Hello all. For the first month of having my Royal she was kept in a Faun heated by two mats (statted of course) The cool end was around 26 celsius and the hot end around 33.
Yesterday I moved her into a 2 foot viv the my MBK used to have. I'm using a ceramic to heat the viv and when I get the hot end up around 33 the exo terra dial thermometer that came with the viv shows that in the middle of the tank it's around 40 degrees  I know that they're not all that accurate but I'm still concerned. I put another dial thermometer on top of the cool end hide for a couple of hours and it was reading around 30. The digital however says that the temp was 25.9.
I'm concerned that I'm slowly cooking the snake.
Both the hot end and cold end digi thermometer probes are at substrate level in the middle of the side walls of the tank. What are the ideal temps that I'm looking for?
Sorry for the long winded post and thanks for any advice you can give.
All the best,
Justin |
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| spor |
Posted - 12/07/2010 : 20:00:30
i think its all been said but i'll agree anyway. forget the dails altogether. inculding the one on the stat. and really on your digital thermometers for both ends. 31.3 is good fro the hot end. where you say you probe is placed as it may be a degress or so warmer directly under the ceramic. 26 or so for the cool end would be good to get. as it has been said further up. it can take sometime for the temps to settle so just keep and eye and don't panic. |
| Headlow |
Posted - 12/07/2010 : 08:20:11
I tried a 60 watt which didn't get up to 30 at all, and that was with the stat running at full tilt. There's a 100 watt in there now and it's sitting at a steady 31.3 |
| Blackecho |
Posted - 12/07/2010 : 07:44:54
How big is the ceramic? - It may be that its just too big for a 2' viv and you'll have to get a smaller one or stick with a heat mat until you move into a 3' viv. |
| boze |
Posted - 12/07/2010 : 02:29:55
Trust the digital ones then because the dial ones are known to be as much as 10degrees out in some cases. Forget what the thermostat says, adjust it until the digital thermometers say its at the right temp, and remember it can take quite some time for the temps to settle so just adjust it a little bit at a time with a decent wait in between :-)
D |
| Headlow |
Posted - 11/07/2010 : 21:37:11
The dial thermometer is stuck on, and I know from experience that getting the sticky stuff off is tricky. It came with my MBK's set up last year, but I use digi's with all my snakes.
Would I be best just setting the hot end to about 31 or slightly above then? |
| Blackecho |
Posted - 11/07/2010 : 21:26:16
Get rid of the dial thermometers.
I aim for 31-33C hot end, the cool end is usually around the mid 20s, however, that's in 3' vivs, not 2'. |
